glim

Example Sentences

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Summoned by a flood of protests, Vatican City firemen broke open the door, doused the gleaming glim.

From Time Magazine Archive

The latest of these, a novel by Walter Macken called Rain on the Wind, never quite bursts into flame; the book carries so much sentimental moisture that it douses its own glim.

From Time Magazine Archive

I turned up the dull and stinking oil lamp, and tried to read; but that fuliginous glim haunted the pages.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

First of all, I'll light our little glim here; for if we're going to poke along into that black hole, I reckon we'll be wanting some sort of light to see by.

From The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine by Carter, Herbert

In another moment, the voice of Franz breaks out: “Ain’t there another glim somewhere?”

From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lynch, Lawrence L.